US officials estimate Taliban strength at a minimum of 60,000 fighters
[LongWarJournal] US and Afghan officials estimate the Taliban’s strength in Afghanistan to be a minimum of 60,000 fighters. This updated figure is significant, because as the report notes, for years the only previous estimate was approximately 20,000.
Pending Issues:
1) If the fighters “change their allegiance from one terror group to another,”
2) Some US officials remain blind to the fact that the Haqqani network is a integral part of the Taliban
3) Hope is not a strategy.
Posted by: 3dc 2018-02-02 |